Spinning-top



Patented Oct. -4, I898. G. A. SAHLENDER.

SPINNING (Application filed A TOP. I

(No Model.)

NITED STATES GODFREY A. SAHLENDER, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SPINNING-TOP SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,761,dated October 4, 1898.

Application filed AprillS, 1898.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GODFREY A. SAHLEN- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Tops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in spinning-tops; and itcontemplates the provision of a top having a body of substantiallyelliptical form and a peg or plug at each end of such body, so as toform a double top, either of which may receive the windingcord and bespun as desired.

The invention and its many advantages will appear from the followingdescription and claim when taken in connection with the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved top,and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the body. This bodyfor the sake of cheapness may be turned out of a single piece of woodinto the shape of an elliptical figure, so as to form two cones a a, toreceive the winding or spinning cord. It is obvious that the body mightbe made of any suitable material, such as paper or metal, but it ispreferable to make it of wood. The body is of the proportional sizeillustrated, being equal to about two ordinary tops, and each conicalportion a is provided at its reduced end with a socket Z) to receive apeg or plug 0, and such portions are also provided with circumferentialgrooves d to receive and keep the spinningcord from slipping on thebody.

The pegs or plugs 0 may be threaded,'as

shown, and both ends pointed, the outer end of each plug being pointedto form the spinningtip, while the opposite end may be pointed tofacilitate turning it into the body. I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to having these pegs or plugs pointed, nor do I wish tobe understood as limiting myself to having them threaded. In fact, I

may in some cases provide both points or plugs from a single rod takinglongitudinally through the center of the body, with each end pointed andprojected sufficiently to form spinning-points.

So far as I am aware I am the first to ever provide a top body ofelliptical or double Serial Nor 678,046. (No model.)

manner, either spinning-point being thrown on the ground or othersupport, so that the body will stand perpendicular while spinning, andone of the plugs or points will assume a vertical position. With a topof this form no great care need be taken in throwing it to be spun, asthere is no butt on which it may fall, so that no matter which point itmay fall on it will always spin. Another advantage which will beappreciated will be found when the game known as plucking is played, asthe top always presenting an upperconical surface will prevent a topstriking it from splitting or otherwise materially injuring it.

In some cases two top-bodies of the usual form might be so shaped andsecured together as to provide a double top which would fall within thespirit of my invention, and, in fact, small pieces of wood might beutilized in this way in manufacturing the top, although I prefer to makethe body of a single piece of material.

I am well aware that a humming-top comprising a spindle with points atits opposite ends and a hollow sheet-metal body fixed to the spindle andtapered toward its opposite ends is old. I therefore make no claim tosuch a top. 1

What I claim is- 7 As an improved article, the herein-described topcomprising the solid body A of double conical form, provided withgrooves d,

and a spinning-point at each reduced end of the body; the said top beingdesigned to be thrown and spun upon the ground, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GODFREY A. SAIILENDER.

Witnesses:

JAMES McGUIRE, ERNEST WEIDMANN.

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